Julia Mancuso
Julia Mancuso
Julia Marie Mancusois an American World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist. She won the giant slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics, and was the silver medalist in both downhill and combined in 2010, and the bronze medalist in the combined in 2014. She has also won five medalsat the World Championships and seven races in regular World Cup competition. Her four Olympic medals are the most ever for a female American alpine skier...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSkier
Date of Birth9 March 1984
CityReno, NV
CountryUnited States of America
We will use this as an opportunity to show the world what we do. We like to show everyone that skiing rocks.
We always are training in bad weather and I grew up skiing in powder.
Right now my skiing is going really well. I'm excited. Every event I'm entered I'm looking to win. I don't know what my chances are, but I'm going to give it my best.
The truth is, the sport of skiing takes so much effort, setting up and traveling with equipment, that you can only train for a certain number of days in the summer. Most of my peers ski between 40 to 60 days. I ski about 55 days.
I ski fast for me, first and foremost, and I ski fast for my family, and it's always the love that gets me to the podium.
The World Cup is sort of what we do. The Olympics are sort of a bonus.
Downhillers are going over 110 miles per hour. But no matter what, you can't hit the fence at 100 miles per hour.
We had high expectations. Everyone wants to shoot for the moon. You'll end up in the stars, anyway.
I was ready to give my best and not hold back just because I couldn't see.
My best event is Super-G. I'm competitive in all my events, but Super-G has been most consistent for me.
It felt like home, so I dug into my roots and trusted myself. It was just another day on a stormy race course.
When I travel, I always have about 40 pairs of skis with me, plus a ski technician and a ski coach.
I don't know whether we're really going to sell the documentary or whether anybody will buy it. I think she's just doing it for fun.
I work out a lot, but I like to do action sports. A lot of surfing, mountain-biking.